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Excerpt from An Unionist Policy for Ireland Duty of all Governments and it is above all the interest of a. Democratic Government to secure the observance of the law, which is the expression of the people's will, which is made, revoked or amended at their discretion, and which is their only sure guarantee against anarchy on the one hand and despotism on the other. But it is clearly the duty of the majority who make the law to see that it is just, and as far as possible in harmony with the sentiments of all sections of the people. It may be, of course, that the demands of a minority at a particular time are incompatible with the safety or well-being of the whole nation, and in that case they must be sternly refused; but the existence of a demand, supported by a large minority, is in itself a reason for careful and impartial investigation of the claim, and for the concession of so much of it, at least, as can be granted without risk of injury to the majority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.